ジカルボリドアニオンは分子式[B9C2H11]2−で表されるかご状の分子である。最初の金属ジカルボリド錯体は1965年、M. Frederick Hawthorneらによって発見された[15]。このアニオンは多くの金属イオンとサンドイッチ化合物であるビス(ジカルボリド)錯体をつくる。このジアニオンはジカルボランの減成によって形成されるnido-クラスターである[16]。
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